{"id":234707,"date":"2026-07-03T13:21:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T13:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/234707\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T13:21:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T13:21:13","slug":"move-over-law-a-july-4th-reminder-after-pennsylvania-trooper-killed-on-the-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/234707\/","title":{"rendered":"Move Over Law: A July 4th reminder after Pennsylvania trooper killed on the job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) &#8211; A Pennsylvania state trooper\u2019s tragic death is serving as a stark reminder for Louisiana drivers hitting the road this Fourth of July holiday weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Trooper Michael Pahira, 44, died Wednesday after a semi veered off the road and struck him during a traffic stop. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Louisiana State Police Trooper Roy Jones says it\u2019s a tragedy that could have been prevented.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cSo the move over law, it\u2019s a law that requires you to move over on a multi-lane highway or anytime you see an emergency vehicle on the side of the roadway with their hazards on, tow truck drivers, law enforcement officials,\u201d Jones said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">It\u2019s simple in principle and saves lives, but Jones says he watches people disregard it every single day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWe see that law being violated every single day and we\u2019re out here trying to enforce that law every day to make sure public safety,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">And it\u2019s not an empty rule. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trafficsafetymarketing.gov\/safety-topics\/move-over-safety#2421\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.trafficsafetymarketing.gov\/safety-topics\/move-over-safety#2421\">U.S. Department of Transportation<\/a> says that in 2024, 33,000 crashes happened along the shoulder of the road nationwide. In 2025, 13 law enforcement officers died due to drivers failing to slow down and move over.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Jones says anyone can find themselves on the side of the highway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThat could be you on the side of the roadway, or that could be one of your loved ones&#8230; You know, just slow down and move over. That\u2019s all we\u2019re asking for,\u201d Jones said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Louisiana State Police say they will be out in full force this Fourth of July weekend, and if you don\u2019t move over, you could be getting a ticket.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">AAA projects that 61.4 million people will travel by car this week for the holiday.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KPLC. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) &#8211; A Pennsylvania state trooper\u2019s tragic death is serving as a stark reminder for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":234708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-234707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}